Saturday, November 25, 2006 MiPoesias: Call for Chapbook Submissions Ok, dear readers. I know many of you write (and if you are one of my cousins I hope you read this), so I encourage you to get yourself to your PC and start writing, writing, and writing. Menendez Publishing is now accepting submissions to print chapbooks, small books of poetry. If your collection of poetry is accepted, you will get your chapbook published; you get twenty copies sent to you; and the publisher, who also is a wonderful artist, Didi Menendez, will create the cover.   And there is nothing to lose. You don't have to pay any reading fees, nor publishing fees. Got your attention?  Good. Here are the details: MiPOesias Magazine (www.mipoesias.com) is now seeking submissions of chapbook manuscripts. Send manuscripts January 1st through April 1st 2007. Manuscripts should include between 17 - 25 pages, a title page, a table of contents page and a page including your name, email address, and mailing address. Please DO NOT send illustrations or an acknowledgements page for previously published poems. We are not interested in where you’ve been published. Just send us your best work. Poems from the manuscript may be previously published, but the chapbook as a whole should be unpublished.   This call is open to all poets, published or unpublished; prior contributors to MiPOesias Magazine are welcome. We are interested in manuscripts of free verse, formal, or prose poetry, although interdisciplinary or collaborative work will also be considered. All subjects welcome. Work can be based on a theme or poems can be meant to stand alone. Translations will not be accepted. Please use a standard font like Times New Roman (12pt) or Ariel (10pt). Manuscripts should be submitted electronically, attach file as either a Word for Windows .doc or .rtf file, and let us know it’s a chapbook submission in the subject line of the email. No submissions within the body of the email will be accepted or considered. This is not a contest. There are no reading or entry fees. The chapbook selected will be published by Didi Menendez (Menendez Publishing) through Lulu. Please visit our print publications at www.lulu.com/mipo to get an idea of our style. The artwork for the cover of the chapbook will be designed by Didi Menendez. Author will receive twenty copies. Please send manuscripts to jrussellhughes@yahoo.com Thank you, Jenni Russell Print Editor, MiPOesias Magazine www.mipoesias.com www.lulu.com/mipo 6:15:38 PM   | COMMENT [] | 'Happy Feet' a Classic Took the family to Happy Feet at the IMAX theater. Everything about this film is amazing – the story, dialogue, clever adaptation of old songs into the storyline, and beautiful, awe-inspiring animation. In a year full of a lot of entertaining animated films such as Ice Age 2, Monster House, Cars, Open Season, Barnyard, Hoodwinked, Over the Hedge, this DreamWorks film rises above them all. This is the best animated film of the year. Yes. Happy Feet is another penguin movie. Last year’s award-winning March of the Penguins introduced the world to these amazing Emperor Penguins in a story of survival against all odds in an unforgiving Antarctic landscape. It became one of the top grossing films at the box office and on video. Happy Feet capitalizes on this interest and runs with it, creating another delightful story. It is another classic. Highlight: The musical-like feel of Happy Feet is electrifying, combining soulful renditions of "Kiss," "Heartbreak Hotel," and the disco classic "Boogie Wonderland," into exceptional interludes between the action sequences. We purchased the CD because the music was so good. 6:06:18 PM   | COMMENT [] | HOME READ MY MiPOESIAS COLUMN: "WHEN THE MUSES COME TO VISIT." 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